vijñānādibhāve vā tadapratiṣedhaḥ ..2.2.44..

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SUTRA II. 2. 44.

विज्ञानादिभावे वा तदप्रतिषेधः॥२.२.४४॥

vijñānādibhāve vā tadapratiṣedhaḥ ..2.2.44..

.. Vijnana, knowledge. .. Adi, and the rest .. Bhave, of the nature of. .. Va, or. … Tat, that. … Apratishedhah, non-contradiction.

44. If it be said that the body of the Lord consists of knowledge and so on, then there is no contradiction (for such a Lord is our Brahman). — 217.

COMMENTARY

If this Lord of the Shaktas be assumed to have body and sense organs, consisting of eternal knowledge, volition, etc., then there is no contradiction; and the Shakta theory would become included in the Vedanta theory of Brahman. For, we do admit that the creation proceeds from such a Lord.

We do not refute the theory of the Shaktas as a whole, but only that portion of it which makes Shakti independent of the Lord. The extreme Shaktas hold that Shakti alone is the cause of the universe. This must not be respected by any one who wishes to attain final beatitude. The author, therefore, finishes up with the following Sutra:

SUTRA II. 2. 45.

विप्रतिषेधाच्च॥२.२.४५॥

vipratiṣedhācca ..2.2.45..

Vipratishedhat, on account of contradiction with all authorities. .. Cha, and.

45. The theory of the extreme Shaktas is untenable, because it contradicts all sacred authorities — 218.

COMMENTARY

The theory that Shakti alone creates the world is untenable, since it contradicts the revelation, the tradition and reason. As we find in the Padma Purana:

The Shrutis, the Smritis, and reasonings all are unanimous in declaring that the Lord is the Supreme. He who declares any thing against it is the vilest of the vile.

The force of the word «and» in this Sutra is to bring in the reasoning of II., 2. 42, here also.

Thus in this Pada has been shown that the paths of the Sankhyas, Vaisheshikas and the rest down to the Shaktas, are strewn with thorns and are full of difficulties, while the path of Vedanta is free from all these defects and should be trodden by every one who wishes his final beatitude and emancipation.

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